she studied physics, but because she belonged to many political organizations, a professor suggested she change her major to political science, something which she accepted. Early political career She plunged into campus politics, taking the vice presidency, and later the presidency, of the "Young Democrats" of the university and CSU; she was also secretary for her freshman class. Active as a volunteer for congressional campaigns, Baca-Barragán was a student chairman of the Colorado Viva Kennedy Campaign for John F. Kennedy and worked as an intern for the Colorado Democratic Party. After receiving her BA in political science in 1962, Baca-Barragán was recruited to work as an editorial assistant for a trade union newspaper in Washington DC. In 1966, Baca worked for the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks and was encouraged to help organize the Huelga Committee to support the farmworkers' movement. Shortly after, in 1967, she was recruited to work for President Lyndon Johnson's administration as a public information officer for a White House Interagency Committee about Mexican Americans. She ended this charge in 1968. In June 1968 she joined the staff of the national campaign of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy in his bid to become President of the United States. So, she helped organize Viva Kennedy Campaign, which was focusing on east Los Angeles. She was staying at the Ambassador Hotel in this city. After the John F. Kennedy death, she helped civil rights activist César Chavez, to the California memorial march organized for farmworkers to help the politic campaign of senator and to control access to the Kennedy's burial site. That same year she served as the director of research and information for the National Council of La Raza in Phoenix, Arizona. A few years later, adding to a long list of "firsts," Polly became an assistant to the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Shortly after, she opened a public relations business in Adams County after returning to Colorado, where her professional experiences blossomed into her political career. She worked on civil rights campaigns, organized committees and she was also the executive director of the Southwest Council of La Raza, which she received a $600,000 grant to address the education and economic issues of Mexican-Americans in urban areas. In addition, she became also Special Assistant to the DNC Chairman. She also participated voluntarily in Escuela deGuadalupe and Beginning Experiences and was chief executive officer